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 55 STAT.] 77TH CONG. , 1ST SESS.-CH. 267-JULY 1, 1941 Total, salaries and expenses, Bureau of Plant Industry, $5,241,455, Total; personalserv- of which amount not to exceed $1,219,451 may be expended for departmental personal services in the District of Columbia and not Vehicles. to exceed $21,895 shall be available for the purchase of motor-pro- pelled and horse-drawn passenger-carrying vehicles necessary in the conduct of field work outside the District of Columbia. FOREST SERVICE Post,pp.550,749. SALARIES AND EXPENSES Post, p. 832. For the employment of persons and means in the District of Colum- Experimentsandin- - vestigations on for- bia and elsewhere to enable the Secretary of Agriculture to experi- estry, etc. ment and to make and continue investigations and report on forestry, national forests, forest fires, and lumbering, but no part of this appropriation shall be used for any experiment or test made outside the jurisdiction of the United States; to advise the owners of wood- lands as to the proper care of the same; to investigate and test American timber and timber trees and their uses, and methods for the preservative treatment of timber; to seek, through investigations and the planting of native and foreign species, suitable trees for the treeless regions; to erect necessary buildings: Provided,That the cost Preisos. of any building purchased, erected, or as improved, exclusive of the of buildings. cost of constructing a water-supply or sanitary system and of con- necting the same with any such building, and exclusive of the cost of any tower upon which a lookout house may be erected, shall not exceed $7,500, with the exception that any building erected, pur- chased, or acquired, the cost of which was $7,500 or more, may be improved out of the appropriations made under this Act for the Forest Service by an amount not to exceed 2 per centum of the cost of such building as certified by the Secretary of Agriculture; to Protection, etc., of protect, administer, and improve the national forests, including tree oet. planting and other measures to prevent erosion, drift, surface wash, soil waste, and the formation of floods, and to conserve water and including the payment of rewards under regulations of the Secretary of Agriculture for information leading to the arrest and conviction for violation of the laws and regulations relating to fires in or near national forests, or for the unlawful taking of, or injury to, Govern- ment property; to ascertain the natural conditions upon and utilize the national forests, to transport and care for fish and game supplied gar e off 8 h and to stock the national forests or the waters therein; to collate, digest, report, and illustrate the results of experiments and investigations made by the Forest Service; to purchase lawbooks, reference and technical books, and technical journals for officers of the Forest Serv- ice stationed outside of Washington, and for medical supplies and Medicalsupplies. services and other assistance necessary for the immediate relief of artisans, laborers, and other employees engaged in any hazardous work under the Forest Service: Provided further, That the appro- Warehouse ma inte- priations for the work of the Forest Service shall be available for et meeting the expenses of warehouse maintenance and the procurement, care, and handling of supplies, equipment, and materials stored therein for distribution to projects under the supervision of the Forest Service and for sale and distribution to other Government activities and to State and private agencies who cooperate with the Forest Service in fire control under terms of written cooperative agreements, the cost of such supplies, equipment, and materials, including the cost of supervision, transportation, warehousing, and handling, to be reimbursed to appropriations current at the time additional supplies and materials are procured for warehouse stocks: Provided further,That the appropriations for the work of the Forest Reimburnnts. 421

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